Selected facts about Adam Mickiewicz:
- Adam Mickiewicz was born in Navahrudak / Nowogródek now located in Belarus.
- All of Mickiewicz’s work was written in the Polish language.
- Adam Mickiewicz is often referred to as one of Poland’s ‘three bards’ (trzej wieszcze). The other two being Juliusz Słowacki and Zygmunt Krasiński.
- His body was originally buried in Montmorency, Val-d’Oise, France, but his remains moved to Wawel Cathedral in Kraków, Poland, in 1890.